“The House energy bill is a blueprint for more nuclear waste, higher gas prices and a continued dependence on fossil fuels.” ~Shelley Berkley
2000 Yamaha Virago 250
I thought it might be a good idea to record my last will and testament. Why? I’m still young-ish. Well, I’m still of child-bearing age even though teenagers sometimes call me ma’am. Still. The Point. Not at death’s door.
However, I’ve started riding a motorcycle around (not mine, thanks messiestobjects – turns out it is a girl bike). So, naturally, based on the information drilled into my head from both of my parents, I’m not long for this world. They’re probably right. (I think sometimes it annoys them that they didn’t raise a more obedient child.)
Today, I got stuck in the rain, and I wondered if it was the end for me. I wasn’t too worried about the oil-slick roads. However, I was very concerned that the raindrop-daggers would pierce my soft flesh. Yo. Holy ouch. Raindrops on your neck at 40mph hurts.
[Note to self: Don't wear black bar under white cotton t-shirt, esp. when it's calling for rain.]
We stopped and sought shelter at a church, under a roof near the Sunday school entrance. The church-campers were gone for the day, which I was really glad about (see above re: black bra).
Church…that reminds me. The will. Hmm. Let’s see. I don’t really have anything. Well, I have a black bra. Ma’am-sized. I wonder who’d want that? And I have … a buncha crap … and books. Lots of books. Paperbacks. And copies of The Hard Way. So, I really don’t have anything. Jeez. Maybe I’ll just be really careful until I have something of value to pass along.
(Really, this is all a part of my super-responsible, forward-thinking grand plan to support my family and friends when we’re all part of the third world. They’ll thank me later):
Fun for the whole family
messiestobjects said,
July 8, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Motorcycles aren’t dangerous. They’re dangerfun. Although, if you’re going to put more than two people on a bike, it might help to be somewhat religious. Say, Buddhist, maybe.
MamaPeg is Watching You said,
July 9, 2008 at 9:41 am
I like that – ma’am sized black bra!
Jennifer said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:02 am
I thought it was common girl knowledge that the only color bra you wear under a white shirt is a fleshtoned one, yet I had to explain this concept to my SIL, who thought you wore white bras under white shirts. Did you guys miss this day at How to be a Girl school?
julieluongo said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:08 am
I was too preoccupied thinking about what the boys were learning in their room. Oh, and I lost my flesh toned bra. How? No idea. Theft? Bra theft…that’s a thing, right?
julieluongo said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:11 am
messiestobjects, nice picture. The sidesaddle thing the women do seems hazardous. Maybe they learned how to do it properly in their How to be a Girl class.
Jennifer said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:21 am
I’ve never understood the whole sidesaddle thing, so maybe that was the day I missed at How to be a Girl school.
Invest in a new fleshtoned bra. It will serve you well.
esmerelda05 said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:31 am
I’m sorry. I never attended How to Be a Girl school. My mother is very anti-girl despite being the mother of three girls. There really aren’t many role models in my life for girl behavior, exactly, and society does a piss poor job of teaching us. The feminists have one lobby, the traditionalists another, and those of us stuck in the middle often forget that we have CHOICES beyond the rhetoric of either group.
So anyway. Common sense and an inborn sense of thrift taught me about flesh toned bras. It’s cheaper to buy two or three that match my skin than to try to match all the colors in my closet.
julieluongo said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:46 am
I can throw and run like a girl.
Gary said,
July 9, 2008 at 2:15 pm
pics or it didn’t happen
capricorn1966 said,
July 9, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I’m jealous that you ride a motorcycle.
julieluongo said,
July 9, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Well, Cappy, if it means anything, I still pretty much suck at being a cool biker-bitch even after many rides. I stalled the other day like 4 or 5 times and suspect that I often look super-dorky. Sometimes other bikers don’t give me the courtesy wave on the road … probably because of the dorky thing.
MamaPeg is Watching You said,
July 12, 2008 at 3:46 pm
No, they don’t wave because they are in awe of your wonderful-ness and fear that you would not return their wave. So they don’t. That’s why. The end.
kc said,
July 24, 2008 at 8:05 pm
OMG… Micheal is letting you have is fucking motorcycle.
Once again, I am going blind with envy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kc said,
July 24, 2008 at 8:05 pm
wow, only two typos. go me.
julieluongo said,
July 24, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Well, he’s letting me ride it, which is pretty, pretty, pretty cool.
michael said,
November 13, 2008 at 10:08 pm
A scary ride in the rain ? that sound very fimilar to a ride to LBI many moons ago . Don’t pass on the shoulder , you may get a ticket .